Coach E.K Afranie passes on

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Former Ghanaian coach, Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie has been confirmed dead after an ambulance transferring him to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) was involved in a fatal accident.

The former Black Satellite trainer was reported to have suffered a mild stroke and has been on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

According to reports, the accident occurred on the Bunso stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway.

His body has been transferred to the Suhum Government Hospital.

He will be remembered for qualifying four different Ghanaian national teams to the World Cup- the Black Starlets in 1991 and 1997.

In 1999, he qualified the women’s national team, the Black Queens to the World and in 2001 guided Ghana U-20 men’s to the final in Argentina.